Trump claims he has ‘evidence’ coronavirus DID originate in Wuhan laboratory – but refuses to give details
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He said he has a "high level of confidence" the , which has infected over 1 million , came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
He added that authorities were "looking at it very, very strongly".
The President said: "We're going to see where it is - we're going to see where it comes from. There's a lot of theories. China might even tell us."
On Thursday, Trump also said:
The President’s remarks came after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced earlier on Thursday that was “not manmade or genetically modified.”
“The [Intelligence Community] will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.”
The statement noted their determination “also concurs with the wide scientific consensus.”
The coronavirus has devastated the , having killed at least 61,669 Americans.
The country currently has a total of 1,064,572 .
However, 147,411 have recovered from the disease.